Rate limiting in ubuntu is using ufw which is a very simple wrapper to the iptables firewalls. It only allows one value of max 6 connections per 30 seconds. This might prevent doing PoW on your node if you choose to expose attachToTangle.

You can use Putty to create the tunnel/port forward. This can be done for any port on the server. Here we are going to forward the IRI API port from the server to your local machine.

Open putty and create a new session name. Start by entering the node’s address and SSH port.

On the menu on the left choose ‘Tunnels’. Then fill in the Source port and Destination as shown in the image below. The destination is comprised of the IP address and the port. We use 127.0.0.1:14265, as this is by default where we want to forward the port from.

Next click ‘Add’. You will see that the configuration has been added to the ‘Forwarded ports’ area.

Back in the ‘Session’ menu, enter a name with which you want to save this configuration/session, last check that the node’s address and port are correct, and click ‘Save’. The session will be added to the list.

To open the session and start the port forwarding, all you have to do is to load the session and click ‘Open’. To test that the port is being forwarded you can open the browser and point it to http://localhost:14265. This should reply something in the lines of error:InvalidAPIVersion. if this is the case, your API port is being forwarded successfully. You can edit the wallet’s node configuration and point it to this address to start using your full node!

Once the command is running you will not see anything, but you can connect with your wallet.
Edit your wallet’s “Edit Node Configuration” to point to a custom host and use http://localhost:14265 as address.

To stop the tunnel simply press Ctrl-C.

You can do the same using the IRI API port (14265) and use a light wallet from your desktop to connect to http://localhost:14265.

This installation also configured a webserver (nginx) to help access IOTA Peer Manager.
It also locks the page using a password, one which you probably configured earlier during the installation steps.

The IOTA Peer Manager can be accessed if you point your browser to: http://your-server-ip:8811.

Note

The port 8811 will be configured by default unless you changed this before the installation in the variables file.